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J. StevensonAndroid Software Internals Quick Referencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6914-5_6

6. Storage

James Stevenson1  
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London, UK
 

Partitions

Android (as of Android 2.2) uses the ext4 file system, which at its core follows the Linux file system structure - using a single root denoted by /.

In the Android root, there are several key partitions;1, 2 these partitions can be listed by using the following command in the Android shell:
cat /proc/mounts
Depending on the device version, original design manufacturer,3 and original equipment manufacturer, the specific folders both mounted and present at the root of the filesystem may vary. That being the case, ...

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